From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030473AbVKWW4z (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:56:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030469AbVKWW4y (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:56:54 -0500 Received: from mail.dvmed.net ([216.237.124.58]:45702 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030471AbVKWW4w (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:56:52 -0500 Message-ID: <4384F3AD.4080105@pobox.com> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:56:45 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7-1.1.fc4 (X11/20050929) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Andrew Grover , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, john.ronciak@intel.com, christopher.leech@intel.com Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH 0/3] ioat: DMA engine support References: <4384E7F2.2030508@pobox.com> <1132786445.13095.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1132786445.13095.32.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system "srv2.dvmed.net", has identified this incoming email as possible spam. The original message has been attached to this so you can view it (if it isn't spam) or label similar future email. If you have any questions, see the administrator of that system for details. Content preview: Alan Cox wrote: >>Additionally, current IOAT is memory->memory. I would love to be able >>to convince Intel to add transforms and checksums, > > > Not just transforms but also masks and maybe even merges and textures > would be rather handy 8) [...] Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [69.134.188.146 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: >>Additionally, current IOAT is memory->memory. I would love to be able >>to convince Intel to add transforms and checksums, > > > Not just transforms but also masks and maybe even merges and textures > would be rather handy 8) Ah yes: I totally forgot to mention XOR. Software RAID would love that. Jeff